Friday, 22 July 2011

Listen to Professor McLuhan talking about future world connectivity. While you are watching, do the listening comprehension test below. In order to visualize the test, you'll need to have Java and Malted Web 2.0 installed in your computer.

Thursday, 21 July 2011

For you to practise various tenses, revise the use of Present Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous, here you are this yummy lesson where you'll also learn what to say at a restaurant at the same time as you learn vocabulary about cooking.
This lesson requires JAVA and the Malted Plugin.

If you want to prevent misunderstandings such as the one taking place in this embarrassing situation, remember: it is important to pronounce your consonants properly and make a difference between these two sounds.

Dan and Alice talk about an experiment at Bournemouth University in England to see how students react if they don't use any media for 24 hours. The people who volunteered were asked to unplug their media devices, such as laptops, phones and TVs for a full day.

Step 2: Change the way you shop

Step 3: Eat smaller portions

The important thing is to have moderate portions of food, say about the size of the palm of your hand

Step 4: Try something new

biscuits and chocolate are out, but seeds and nuts are in, once you get used to it it's brilliant, no more guilty feelings.

Step 5: Get help and support

The BBC website has a really sensible section on losing weight, I've learned a lot and it helps give me the confidence to know I can actually change my relationship with food, that means my life is changing too

Fruit and veg is the best thing to eat, they say you should eat five portions of a day

Step 6: Get moving

You don't have to go to a gym, you can exercise anywhere, walk rather than drive, walk rather than taking the bus

Step 7: Don't skip meals

It's important to eat regular meals, especially breakfast, because if you don't your energy levels will drop and you will be tempted to eat the wrong things at the wrong time.

Step 8: Drink plenty of water

Drink plenty of water, at least 6 glasses a day. Sometimes when you think that you are hungry, you might really be just thirsty. Keeping body's water levels up stops you from craving food when you are not really hungry.

Step 9: Cut down on alcohol

Booze is fun but it contains lots of calories which the body store as fat, so, limit your drinking.

Step 10: Breaking your diet is normal

You are allowed to indulge yourself once in a while eat healthily most of the time.

Wednesday, 13 July 2011

Now that you are surely enjoying your summer break, why not talk about your ideal place to spend your vacation?
Here you are a couple of tips to think about what to say when asked what your ideal holiday might be like.
Click on the photo folio below and if you feel like saying something in English about it, just leave your comments!

For you to learn English and practise your listening skills while listening to some great hits, I've compiled a playlist on Spotify; it is called For ESL Lessons and you can open the list on Spotify whenever you like by clicking on the link below, or use the Social Spotify widget that I have placed at the bottom of this blog.